A closer look at the GDP data

The latest suggestions that official statisticians are engaged in some fiendish conspiracy to manipulate Japan’s GDP data are on very shaky ground. We continue to expect growth of around 3.0% in 2010, well above the consensus of 1.5-2.0%. But despite our upbeat forecast for this year, we have Japan back in recession by the end of 2011.

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